Girls' name · since 1965
Elisheva
Elisheva has 2,459 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,986 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,459
- born since 1965
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Elisheva is the #1986 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,459 recorded since 1965.
Elisheva has 2,459 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1986 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2025.
- #4,096 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,986 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,459 born since 1965
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elisheva ranks #4,096 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,986 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,459 born since 1965, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,986 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,459
- born since 1965
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elisheva's 2,459 recorded births place it above 94.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Elisheva compares
2,459 Top 20% higher than 80% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Elisheva's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elisheva | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,459 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 97 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elisheva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elisheva's full recorded timeline at 1997, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 97 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elisheva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 97
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Elisheva by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (632 births, 26% of the file).
2010s was Elisheva's strongest decade.
632 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Elisheva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 112
1970s
112 births
- 1980s
1980s
269 births
- 1990s
1990s
449 births
- 2000s
2000s
517 births
- 2010s
2010s
632 births
- 2020s
2020s
470 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 632 births (26% of all-time use).
How Elisheva compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Elisheva's total volume
Elisheva by state
Where Elisheva concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,046 | 42.5% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 419 | 17.0% |
| #3 | California | | 67 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Maryland | | 33 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 31 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Texas | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.2% |
1,046 of 2,459 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Elisheva's data
- Elisheva's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (632 total births) through the 2020s (470) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Elishevas (1,046 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Elisheva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~60 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1965–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elisheva draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.